Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-11-24
Upon motion the report was adopted.

Upon motion the report was adopted.
The report of the committee on
Charitable Institutions was read by Mr..
Van Buren,.
(The report will be given next week.
Mr.. RoBBfNs, chairman Of the COM
fnittee, asked that a separate vote be
taken upon the adoption Of that part Of
the report containing the recommenda-
ton for repairs.
Upon motion that part of the report
was adopted.
Mr.. ROBBINS spoke in favor of that
portion of the report which recommends
an appropriation of $4,000 to purchase
more land FOR the county farm.
He said that he with the committee
had been down to the asylum and seen
the patients employed getting up loads
Of wood, had seen them eating dinner
men and women together to the number
Of one hundred, using knives and forkt
and passing. things to each other at
the table quietly and in order; had seen
insanity clothed with sanity. If they
had more land there would be more
work for them to do. Work vas what
they needed instead of the restraint 81
bolts and bars. Il Made little differ.
ence whether a man is sane or insane SC
long as he is happy. There are men
enough at the asylum to farm 500 acres
of land, and they can make it one Of
the finest farms in tho county. He
believed Grant county had solved the
problem Of how to care for the incurablt
insane.
Mr.. MoNTEirH also spoke in support
OF this measure.
The remainder of the report was
finally adopted, after amending the
clause placing the expenditure of the
appropriations in the hands of the
chairman of the board, so as TO read
Trustees of the Asylum.
Mr.. MACARTHUR read the following
report of special committee ON Sheriff {
salary:
To me Grant County Board Of Supervisors:
We as. special committee appointed
to investigate and report as to the adj
visibility of making the sheriff,s office, OF
said Grant county, a salaried Office,
after examining as to the experience OF
the counties of Milwaukee, Racine,
Kenosha and La Fayette, beg leave to re-
port as follows: That from the infor-
nation obtained from said counties, we
do not find it advisable to make said
office salaried office, and recommend
that for the present we continue as has
heretofore been the case. Signed,
JOHN MACARTHUR, Chm,
john MoNTEITH,
HERMAN GRIMM,
Committee.
The report was adopted
The report of special committee on
Revision of Rules, laid over from the
morning session was called up, and after
some discussion and considerable voting
its adoption was indefinitely postponed
by vote of % to IL
Mr.. hartley moved that the chair
man appoint two members of the board
to act in conjunction with the town
board of Hazel Green in the erection of
the bridge over Sinsinnawa river
Carried.
The chair appointed Mcssrs. Arthur,
Doyle and John Hier.
Mr.. hartley moved that the present
permanent committee on Poor and In.
sane, Messrs McFall, Grimm and Kidd
be elected, Uiva voce, as trustees of the
asylum and that the question of their
respective terms of office be settled
among themselves. Carried
On motion of Mr. Robbins this vote
was reconsidered.
Mr.. Macarthur then moved that
Mr.. Kidd be elected for one year.
Carried.
Mr. MoNTEITH moved that Mr..
Grimm be elected for two years.
Carried.
Mr.. ROBBINS moved that Mr.. McFall
be elected for three years. Carried.
No further business being presented
the board adjourned.